Repeater Field created in Front End – Update Post to work

• tzio

• June 3, 2015 at 5:48 pm

Hi,

I am creating a new post with repeater fields from front end using the update_field function. It’s working fine BUT in order for the values to be displayed in the single.php template file, I need to get in the post from the back-end and click update post.

Example Code: (Is working fine, creating all the repeater fields)

// Find the number of periods by reading the total number of arrival dates and create them in the new contract
	$periods = count($_POST['arrival-date']);
	update_field('contract_rates_period', $periods , $post_id);

// Find the number of rows by reading the total number of roomtypes and create them in the new contract
	$rows = count($_POST['roomtype']);		   
	for ($i = 0; $i < $periods; $i++) {
	    update_field('contract_rates_period_'.$i.'_rate', $rows , $post_id);
	}

• John Huebner

• June 11, 2015 at 5:40 am

The reason is that no fields or values are created until you update a post.

Are you using acf_form() to show a front end form or are these fields from something you’ve build yourself?

Or maybe I’m confused. Can you give more details on how on the form and process you’re using.